I decided that maybe i should post up my mistakes with gun handling in the hopes that maybe someone will learn from it.
Well of course looking back on it, i was very stuiped but...
I had to transport my 16 inch ar home from my parents on my bike, so i broke it down put the mag in the lower and shoved it in the bag everything fit so i was happy. I get home pull the upper out and the bolt and charging handle had fallen out so i put them back in i was a little freaked out over that for some reason and just wanting to make sure everything was ok.
So i slap the rear pin in place and when i try to put the front in it is giving me trouble, it was getting within about half an inch of closing and it stop'd well finally i figure out i can push it closed, so i do. I try to pull back the charging handle even more freaked out now that some how the gun was broke.well the handle was really hard to pull back but finally pulled back and went into battery easily hum ok i thought so i decided to drop the hammer and try the bolt again hopping it was a piece of lint..... Bang wnet through 3 walls including an exterior wall and my big outside trash can never found were it stoped but im guessing somewhere in the woods next to my house.
Now the reason the charging handle was tough was the mag was fully loaded at 30 and brand new the gun had never been fired. Me being scared the gun was broke led me to work on it faster than i should have and i bypassed safety when i didn't remove the mag and check the trigger before firing.
Of course the fiancee was sitting on the couch next to me so she hasn't been the nicest about it as if i haven't been beating myself up enough over it.
Hope this helps someone
this happened 2 months ago and i didn't know if i could swallow my pride enough to come on here and say that i messed up, but i relised we learn from each other.., so yea there's my story.
As i stated on the other thread i also had a firearm a/d due to shoddy gunsmithing by the prior owner. we were at the range i handed to my dad to fire, he shoots the first round, went to fire second round and the trigger is froze.... i ask him to set it down on the tray, i pick it up and am about to eject the round when bam it goes off down range..... i eject all rounds and put it up for the day. take it home and find some grinded on sport's on the hammer replace it and the gun has been flawless.
I hope someone can learn something from this.
Well of course looking back on it, i was very stuiped but...
I had to transport my 16 inch ar home from my parents on my bike, so i broke it down put the mag in the lower and shoved it in the bag everything fit so i was happy. I get home pull the upper out and the bolt and charging handle had fallen out so i put them back in i was a little freaked out over that for some reason and just wanting to make sure everything was ok.
So i slap the rear pin in place and when i try to put the front in it is giving me trouble, it was getting within about half an inch of closing and it stop'd well finally i figure out i can push it closed, so i do. I try to pull back the charging handle even more freaked out now that some how the gun was broke.well the handle was really hard to pull back but finally pulled back and went into battery easily hum ok i thought so i decided to drop the hammer and try the bolt again hopping it was a piece of lint..... Bang wnet through 3 walls including an exterior wall and my big outside trash can never found were it stoped but im guessing somewhere in the woods next to my house.
Now the reason the charging handle was tough was the mag was fully loaded at 30 and brand new the gun had never been fired. Me being scared the gun was broke led me to work on it faster than i should have and i bypassed safety when i didn't remove the mag and check the trigger before firing.
Of course the fiancee was sitting on the couch next to me so she hasn't been the nicest about it as if i haven't been beating myself up enough over it.
Hope this helps someone
this happened 2 months ago and i didn't know if i could swallow my pride enough to come on here and say that i messed up, but i relised we learn from each other.., so yea there's my story.
As i stated on the other thread i also had a firearm a/d due to shoddy gunsmithing by the prior owner. we were at the range i handed to my dad to fire, he shoots the first round, went to fire second round and the trigger is froze.... i ask him to set it down on the tray, i pick it up and am about to eject the round when bam it goes off down range..... i eject all rounds and put it up for the day. take it home and find some grinded on sport's on the hammer replace it and the gun has been flawless.
I hope someone can learn something from this.
